northernbook Chapter 284 I am a little fish (39)
Chapter 284 I am a little fish (39)
In just a short while, a number of cultivators had gathered near the lake, and they appeared to be from a sect.
They had probably just escaped death, and it seemed they had fled from the edge of the massacre zone.
They were quite a distance from the beast riot, and although they looked exhausted, they remained vigilant.
Just as Meng Li said, this flat area had nothing but a lake, not even any shelter.
Several disciples from the sect set up an array plate, which must have been a treasure given to them by the sect elders. After setting it up, the figures of the disciples disappeared from the scene.
Meng Li made a quick hand seal, and the figures of the group reappeared faintly.
Most people were meditating and resting, while two people stayed behind to observe the situation.
They were actually quite a distance from the lake, so they didn't notice that dark red patches were emerging beneath the frozen surface.
Like fireworks exploding in water.
Jingli looked at Mengli nervously: "Fairy, shall we leave?"
Meng Li shook her head.
"Don't worry, with you here, our location is safe," she said, then perhaps considering that Jingli was still a naive little fairy, she added, "If this array can also conceal their aura, then these people will also be safe."
As soon as he finished speaking, the ice on the lake began to crack, and almost instantly, clumps of jelly-like substance seeped out from the cracks.
It then quickly took shape on the ice, solidifying into a smooth, loach-like creature.
Its head alone is as tall as a two-story building.
It has eight eyes on the sides of its head, and its large mouth, which almost splits its head in two, is slightly open, revealing layers upon layers of fine yet sharp teeth. Above the mouth are two things that resemble both cheeks and nostrils, slightly opening and closing, exuding an ominous aura.
It doesn't need to turn its head; its eight eyes allow it to see its surroundings very easily.
Its nose didn't seem to work very well, perhaps because it was an aquatic animal and needed to adapt after appearing on land. Therefore, it did not discover the cultivators hidden under the array plate.
The two observers had clearly noticed the unusual activity on the lake and adopted a defensive stance.
They looked extremely nervous and clearly hadn't figured out how to deal with such a giant beast while injured.
Moreover, judging from the two giant beasts encountered before, this aquatic behemoth is probably not as simple as it seems on the surface.
At this moment, several more groups of cultivators approached from a distance; some were injured, while others were not.
The different groups of people kept their distance from each other, all on guard.
Some people in the uninjured group were staring intently at the injured, seemingly hoping to gain something from it.
After some probing, two of their teams actually started fighting.
The situation in Jingli was complicated, because among the uninjured people in the two fighting teams, there were clearly people from Misty Mountain.
The giant loach had already partially "dissolved" and hidden itself when they appeared, so the group did not notice the lake, and naturally they did not notice the monster watching them from the lake.
"Idiot." Meng Li scoffed lightly.
In any case, starting a fight in such an open area would be extremely foolish.
Moreover, there were more than two teams of them, and the people around them could become the "orioles" who benefit at any time.
Of course, some people in the other group thought the same thing, but before they could take advantage of the situation, someone had already noticed something was amiss.
"Run!"
The first person to spot it naturally tried to take off with their team, but at that moment the giant mudskipper launched its attack.
The "melted" giant loach was ubiquitous, seeping out from the soft snowfield and forming a sticky, black, gelatinous substance that directly restricted the group's movements.
The people on the ground could not run away in time; the gelatinous substance had a corrosive effect, slowly consuming them.
Those who reacted in time and took to the air weren't so lucky either, because the giant bird that should have been near the "snake" monster group also appeared in this sky!
Jingli was startled and hurriedly looked at the air screen.
"So that's how they overlap..."
The snow-capped mountains were white, the sky was white, and there was a layer of fog in the air. Even though she had just been riding in a luxury car, Jingli hadn't noticed anything amiss.
It wasn't until the big bird reappeared, and with the help of the air screen, that Jingli discovered the problem.
He looked up, and the spherical shape of the sun was blurred by the thin mist in the air, leaving only a phantom image. The clouds seemed soft, but upon closer inspection, they were just as angular as those on the ground.
Jingli covered her eyes with a pink tint to enhance her vision.
With the help of the energy, he could vaguely see that the sky was indeed not the sky, but rather the ground he had just been standing on.
Space is distorted, or rather, it is still in a state of constant distorting motion.
It was because of this that the giant lake beasts in the same area also began their massacre in this region.
The giant mudfish that had melted away had already eroded half of the unprepared cultivators, and the worst off were those who had already been injured.
Having likely exhausted all his life-saving tools and depleted his spiritual energy, the most severely injured person was almost powerless to fight back, groaning as the giant mudfish slowly corroded him, leaving only half of his body on the ground.
He looked to be in great pain, and his cries eventually became so faint that he could no longer make a sound, as if he could feel his life slipping away bit by bit.
"Hmm..." Meng Li rested her chin on her hand, seemingly lost in thought.
She made her decision shortly afterward.
She then grabbed several more naked, penniless men and tossed them around. They landed near the giant mudfish, with one of them even bouncing on the mudfish's nose before finally landing.
The large loach was immediately attracted.
These naked men, just like the ones who had just been thrown out, were still breathing. They weren't the corpses Meng Li had mentioned before. Because they were transporting spiritual energy in Meng Li's spiritually rich inner courtyard, their bodies were unable to store spiritual energy due to Meng Li's slight trick. The remaining spiritual energy dissipated, which tasted very sweet to the giant mudfish.
The giant mudfish ignored the cultivators who were trying to break through using various magical artifacts, and directly transformed into a tail, sweeping those people onto the surface of the lake, which was covered with broken ice.
Its large mouth probably only existed as a weapon, because after it wrapped the people up, it did not eat them directly, but instead dissolved its own body and soaked them in it.
Then, Jingli saw that the entire lake had turned into a murky, dark brown color, like a giant loach, and large, sticky bubbles were rising up like a witch's poison.
The people who were swept away sank little by little in this viscous liquid.
As for whether it was a real sinking or something else, Jingli couldn't be bothered to think about it.